One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.
The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.